Horse-detacher and brake.



No. 657,53l. Patented s'e' f. 1906. A. m.- GRANT. HORSE DETAGHEB ANDBRAKE.

(Application am m (3, 1900.

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No. 657,53l. Patented Sept. n; 1900.

A. M. GRANT.

' uonss nsmcnzn AND BRAKE.

(Application. filed my 8, 1900.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFiCE.

ARMSTEAD M. GRANT, OF CHERRY VALLEY, ARKANSAS;

HoRsE-oETAQH ER AND BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 657,531, datedSeptember 11, 1906.

Application filed May 8, 1900. Serial No. 15 922; \No model.)

to provide simple andeffective means in combination with a vehicle forquickly detaching a horse and braking the same in the event of a runawayor under other conditions and capable of individual operation to permitthe,

use of the brake portion without afiecting the detachingelements, theactuating devices being within convenient reaching distance of thedriver or occupant of the vehicle.

The invention consists in the construction,

' arrangement, and combination of the several parts, hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vehicleembodyingthe features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof the body portion of a vehicle and a portion of the thills, showingthe improved mechanism. Fig. 3 is a planview of a portion of the thills,showing the detaching mechanism thereon.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several neously elevates the lifting-arm 12, which views.

The numeral 1 designates the vehicle-body, preferably of a lightcharacter and supplied with the usual appurtenances, such as thills 2anda brake-bar 3, having end arms 4, with brake-shoes 5 attachedthereto. Under the front portion of the body 1 a rock-shaft 6 is mountedin opposite bearings 7 and has a crank-arm 8 at one end and anoperatinglever or hand-bar 9, movably projecting upwardly through thebottom of the body. From the crank-arm 8 a connecting-rod 10 runsrearwardly to the crank-arm 11 of the brakebar 3, and depending from thecenter of the rock-shaft is a lifting-arm 12, which is of substantial Ushape and has its front end normally in advance of the front end of thevehicle-body. The lifting-arm is adaptedto be operated independently oftheremaining por tion of the attachment, which will be presentlydescribed, and has its front end trans-- 'versely slotted, as at 13, toengage the rear closed end of an open link 14, of elongated form foroperating the detaching mechanism.

The front ends of the said link are attached to the inner ends of levers15, pivotallymounted on the whifiietree 16, and to the outerter- .minalsof saidlevers the inner ends of sliderods 17 are movably connected andhave their outer ends formed with downwardly.

and inwardly directed books 18. The free extremities of the said hooksslide through eap-straps 19 over the ends of the whiffletree, which formpockets or inclosures to receive the rear ends or connecting devices ofthe traces, the said hook extremities movinginto-v vices, which will nowbe described.-

The mechanism thus far described be seen that a force exerted'on thelever or hand-bani) to draw the same in a'rearward direction will causethe brake-shoes 5 to be forced against the rear wheels and simultaqcatches the rear closed end of the link 14. standing thereover, anddraws the inner ends of the levers 15 toward the vehicle-body, andthereby the slide-rods 17 are shoved outwardly to disengage theextremities of the hooks 18 from the trace ends or connecting devicesthereon, the said slide-rods being guided in their movement by staplesor other analogous devices 21. By this means the forward motion of thevehicle will be checked simultaneously with the release of thehorse ordraft-animal.

The horse-releasing devicesare operated by a releasing-lever22, also ofsubstantially U- shaped form, and having its rear upper end 23 pivotedbetween fulcrum-ears 24, secured is adapted for unitary action indetaching the horse from the whifliletree and thills, as it will."always in proper position for engagement by 1 'the front end'of thelifting-arm and other de the b'iake .mechenism and twi ge; itg-g to thethe peay 1 and "lasezvjpea an; opposite sides 'of a slot 25,thi'"oughWhitman progress of the vehicle, and in thisfliperatiem end ofthe leverhas free play. The upper rear end 23 of the releasing-lever terminatesin a horizontallydisposed tpead or pressure. plate 26 withi-"n eastdistit'hfi'e 'ef i occupant of the vehicle, and the front end of saidleven is bifurcated, as at twenty seveg, to form means for the freeplay'theriithiohgh of the lifting-arm 12, the duplex front ends' of thesaid geleasin -leyer being -al soin ad; Vance dime fleet etd-efftheVehicle-he'd? and transversely slotted, as at -28, to the rear closedend of the link 14. The brake' can beop'e 'sited Without"a'ct'uatiiig mel-elem 2 disconnecting theb'halwfroxh-=the;releasiiggde= g' vices andpermitting it to be used t'o-eheck1thethe engageliient of the lever 22Wheaten-11 k; 14 will not be disturbed-,-fi n View --of the feet; thatwhen the r el'eajsing lev'er is elevated-at, its front extremity thesubsequent upward! movement of the f 'ont end of "the lifting-levei'will be free and 0615 of eOnftaetwith'thei link; because 'of thedifie'rence in theare fo'f movement "of the 'twozpaifts that engage the%link, as shown by'd-ott ed 1'rnesin Fig.-'2. 11 will also be seen thatth'SBVltl iparts eain be restored to n'oinial ipesiti'on very 'e'asiily;-a-nfi the simple structure oif-thefcomponent islet-i in the origin-a1nen faeture :"Q fftfhQ lattei i readily attainable Without materielexpenseand Twith' the manifold advitntagesfificrn Fngg fromtheii'ilsea.t r t C an'g fi I Qa P iwflim fifin I minor details may be sermd wewim'eugee l pet-ting from the principle pf the zinifenti'e'h, y

Having thus'descrilied theih vefitiem'whdt is. claimed as'hewts r '1. he'dvicebf 1c thecembinhtienwithv therefor, of ureka-me I, at the fi'ontofth'eveh-iclw lever fig-idly-attachedf" hereto-ahd extending extre 5 Inte fimonzythe 1 g tem t-astut 'efi wo heist ept" fe'hd of the "saidlever being transversely slotted, ah "ifide'pdhd'ehtl'j -operativereleasing-lever pivotally supported on the front'portion of thevehicle-body and also having itsfreeext 'emity upturned and in ad-Vhifiii of hiidffiansversely slotted, the said free end of thereleasing-1eyer being adjacent to the free end of theliftiiig-levei:t'irace 'telieasing de vices on the thills,

and an elongated link having its front extreipities inovably attached tothe trace-reietein'g'aevieeafid ite teateieeedetu loosely ee'gegingthetnensve'rse slot of the releasinglever and in position for engagementwith the front slotted end eftheli fting leve g bothle vepsiravingvertie'aljgnoVemen-t,

\ -21 I ti -e devicegfi the :eharactenset fonth," ft lie'ce ulbingtionWit-ha vehicle-body and thills "therefor; of a brake mechanism, a p'k-shaft at the f og'it uhderrpo itionpf the vehicle-body connected tothe brake-ineehgt-nis-inand hav ingggn'eppratingle ver apd'adovmwardlyextending forwardly-projecting lift-ing lever w aq hpt'ui ned'tra-nsverseLys1otted epd 'freiely disposed in advance of the'fvehi'oleb6 5 1 e d e id yp i v 47 mm? lever 'a'leo pivota'llyconheated :to the underfqonj portien of th'evehi-cle-bpdyapdextendiiigjdewpw-wrd lyand 'fo WpI-d Iyand provided with affiee uptu nedbifurcated extremity {having transversely slotted-end .poi'tion s, themerits of the -i'mpi-oved device rendersthei'iw application tO vehiel'eshfiwth nil-e, I

free endof the liftingglever being mqvalile EQWQPd-kyflud de'vyngvard-ly-throu gh the lei-ful f t w e le er rac rele'asi-n'g'geviees aneermeetion yv-ith the t hills and ihelhding-inherleversiittaehedtoh'ookpd eq'edp, an elongated nkt-having its fir wnas eq ate 'wthe eiuinner levers and its rear closed portion loosely engaging thegletted'end portions *of the bifurcated ex- "ehaegossthe pathting-lever. v

inf-the foregoing as xedany-si-gnature in w-t essee. g ARMSTEAD M;GRANT.

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r :W ELY-BARNES,

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